وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ ۖ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Wa man nu 'ammirhu nunakkishu fil-khalq; afalaa ya'qiloon
And whoever we grant long life, we reverse in creation. Will they not then understand?
Two hypotheticals stand immediately before this, each opening with a condition: sight blotted out, bodies fixed where they stand. The third case drops the condition, since age reverses a person in plain view of everybody, and the question closing the verse asks why a demonstration already running is not read as one. Nakkasa describes turning a thing upside down.